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Adaptive Learning versus Punishment in Ultimatum Bargaining

Abbink, Klaus; Bolton, Gary; Sadrieh, Abdolkarim; Tang, … - University of Bonn, Germany - 1996

Adaptive learning and punishment are highly prominent competing explanations for ultimatum game behavior. We report on an experiment that considers each theory in stand-alone form, so that one does not rely on the other in any substantial way. Our data exhibits patterns for which punishment can...

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The Moonlighting Game - An Experimental Study on Reciprocity and Retribution

Abbink, Klaus; Irlenbusch, Bernd; Renner, Elke - University of Bonn, Germany - 1997

retribution, where retribution is more compelling than reciprocity. The equal division principle is the dominant fairness norm …

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Behavior of Groups as Players in a Bargaining Experiment. Some Results on Negotiation Processes from a Video Experiment

Hennig-Schmidt, Heike - University of Bonn, Germany - 1996

justified by fairness considerations. 2. Payoffs in sessions with low alternatives for strong groups do not differ significantly …

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Experimental Proof for the Motivational Importance of Reciprocity

Jacobsen, Eva; Sadrieh, Abdolkarim - University of Bonn, Germany - 1996

Video taped group decision experiments on a two-person investment game were used to elicit the motivational structure of subjects' behavior. A majority of investors trusted (invested) and a majority of receivers reciprocated (returned). Cognition and decision were focused on extremes: total or...

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An Experimental Bribery Game

Abbink, Klaus; Irlenbusch, Bernd; Renner, Elke - University of Bonn, Germany - 1999

Essential characteristics of corruption are (1) a reciprocity relationship between briber and public official, (2) negative welfare effects, and (3) high penalties when discovered. We separate the influences of these factors in an experiment. In a two-player game reciprocation is economically...

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Exploring Group Behavior in a Power-to-Take Video Experiment

Bosman, Ronald; Hennig-Schmidt, Heike; vanWinden, Frans - University of Bonn, Germany - 2002

agents; (3) perceptions of fairness are prone to the so-called self-serving bias. (4) expectations are often not consistent …

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Fair Salaries and the Moral Costs of Corruption

Abbink, Klaus - University of Bonn, Germany - 2000

In a bribery experiment, we test the hypothesis that distributive fairness considerations make relatively well …

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Moral Norms in a Partly Compliant Society

Kranz, Sebastian - University of Bonn, Germany - 2006

This paper analyses competition of moral norms and institutions in a society where a fixed share of people unconditionally complies with norms and the remaining people act selfishly. Whether a person is a norm-complier or selfish is private knowledge. A model of voting-by-feet shows that those...

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The Dispersion of Employees' Wage Increases and Firm Performance

Grund, Christian; Westergaard-Nielsen, Niels - University of Bonn, Germany - 2005

effects compared to adverse effects due to fairness considerations. We argue that the dispersion of wage increases rather than …

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The Impact of Fairness on Decision Making - An Analysis of Different Video Experiments

Hennig-Schmidt, Heike - University of Bonn, Germany - 2000

Experimentally observed deviations of behavior from game theoretic predictions suggest that fairness does influence … decision making. Fairness in the sense of equality has become an essential element of economic models aiming at explaining … only fairness norm to be taken into account. More equity norms than equality exist, including inequality of payoffs. Since …

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